Mauritius political movement Rezistans ek Alternativ (ReA) has called on the country’s government to publish the findings of the Court of investigation tasked to shed light on the grounding of the Wakashio. The report had been discussed at the Council of Ministers on December 23rd 2022, but...
Bulk carrier Glory (IMO 9288473) ran aground in the Suez Canal, according to Norwegian ship agency Leth. On Monday morning AIS data from Vesselfinder showed the ship being attended to by tugs Svitzer Suez 2 and Port Said. The UN’s Black Sea Grain Initiative lists the bulker as loaded with corn from...
The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) plans to seek bids from salvors to recover the sunken HTMS Sukhothai from off the Bang Saphan district of Prachuap Khiri Khan. Admiral Adung Phan-iam, commander of the Royal Thai Fleet, said on January 5th that naval officers were assessing the damage to the corvette,...
Norway-based marine insurer and P&I Club Gard has advised members that the Mediterranean Sea Emission Control Area for sulphur oxides and particulate matter was set to come into effect on May 1st 2025, having been adopted by the IMO in December 2022 at the 79th session of the IMO’s Marine...
The Turkish Supreme Court has reimposed an import ban on the import of the genetically modified maize product MON810. On December 28th 2022 P&I correspondents Vitsan advised associated P&I Clubs, including North, that Turkish authorities had announced in addition that genetically modified...
Efforts by US oil company Chevron to load tankers at one of its four Venezuelan joint ventures have hit a problem. Citing three unidentified sources, Reuters reported that the lack of dredging at the navigation channel of Maracaibo Lake was delaying a plan to move heavy oil as quickly as possible...
After a fire broke out aboard intra-New York ferry Sandy Ground (MMSI 368143060) between Manhattan and Staten Island on December 22nd (IMN, January 3rd) a preliminary investigation by the US Coast Guard concluded that the fire resulted from a fuel leak in the engine room of the vessel. The fire...
The helicopter that crashed into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday December 29th was found by the US Coast Guard on January 2nd. All four bodies inside have been recovered, according to the employees’ companies. A joint statement released by RLC, LLC, Walter Oil & Gas Corporation and Island Operating...
The cost to lease a ship to transport commodities from the Black Sea have risen by more than 20% since the start of the year, reports Reuters, citing several unnamed industry sources. Since January 1st, when most treaty reinsurance policies are renewed and nearly all of those outside the US and...
China’s recent change of direction when it came to Covid-19, moving from a zero-Covid policy to what looks to be one mainly of personal self-regulation and an acceptance of a sudden spread throughout the population, has not resulted in a sudden easing of the import/export problems that have beset...